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<td rowspan="2"> 1909                  <td> [[Guglielmo Marconi]]              <td>Italy
<td rowspan="2"> 1909                  <td> [[Guglielmo Marconi]]              <td>Italy
<td rowspan="2"> For he development of wireless telegraphy
<td rowspan="2"> For the development of wireless telegraphy
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ferdinand Braun]]                <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ferdinand Braun]]                <td>Germany


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<td rowspan="2"> 1961                  <td> [[Robert Hofstadter]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1961                  <td> [[Robert Hofstadter]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of  1961
<td rowspan="2"> For electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for the structure of the nucleons; resonance absorption of &gamma; radiation and discovery the Mössbauer effect
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Rudolf Mössbauer]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Rudolf Mössbauer]]              <td>Germany


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<td rowspan="1"> 1962                  <td> [[Lev Landau]]                    <td>USSR
<td rowspan="1"> 1962                  <td> [[Lev Landau]]                    <td>USSR
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of  1962
<td rowspan="1"> For theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium


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<td rowspan="3"> 1963                  <td> [[Eugene Wigner]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1963                  <td> [[Eugene Wigner]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1963
<td rowspan="3"> For theory of atomic nucleus, elementary particles, discovery of symmetry principles; for nuclear shell structure
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]]          <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer]]          <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[J. Hans D. Jensen]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[J. Hans D. Jensen]]              <td>Germany
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<td rowspan="3"> 1964                  <td> [[Charles H. Townes]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1964                  <td> [[Charles H. Townes]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1964
<td rowspan="3"> For quantum electronics, oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Nicolay G. Basov]]              <td>USSR
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Nicolay G. Basov]]              <td>USSR
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Aleksandr M. Prokhorov]]        <td>USSR
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Aleksandr M. Prokhorov]]        <td>USSR
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<td rowspan="3"> 1965                  <td> [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]]            <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> 1965                  <td> [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]]            <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1965
<td rowspan="3"> For quantum electrodynamics, with  consequences for the physics of elementary particles
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Julian Schwinger]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Julian Schwinger]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Richard P. Feynman]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Richard P. Feynman]]            <td>USA
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<td rowspan="1"> 1966                  <td> [[Alfred Kastler]]                <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> 1966                  <td> [[Alfred Kastler]]                <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of 1966
<td rowspan="1"> For discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms


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<td rowspan="1"> 1967                  <td> [[Hans Bethe]]                    <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> 1967                  <td> [[Hans Bethe]]                    <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of  1967
<td rowspan="1"> For theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars


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<td rowspan="1"> 1968                  <td> [[Luis Alvarez]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> 1968                  <td> [[Luis Alvarez]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of 1968
<td rowspan="1"> For elementary particle physics, discovery of resonance states, hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis


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<td rowspan="1"> 1969                  <td> [[Murray Gell-Mann]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> 1969                  <td> [[Murray Gell-Mann]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of 1969
<td rowspan="1"> For discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions


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<td rowspan="2"> 1970                  <td> [[Hannes Alfvén]]                  <td>Sweden
<td rowspan="2"> 1970                  <td> [[Hannes Alfvén]]                  <td>Sweden
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1970
<td rowspan="2"> For magnetohydro-dynamics and applications plasma physics; antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism, applications in solid state physics
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Louis Néel]]                    <td>France
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Louis Néel]]                    <td>France


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<td rowspan="1"> 1971                  <td> [[Dennis Gabor]]                  <td>UK
<td rowspan="1"> 1971                  <td> [[Dennis Gabor]]                  <td>UK
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of  1971
<td rowspan="1"> For the holographic method


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<td rowspan="3"> 1972                  <td> [[John Bardeen]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1972                  <td> [[John Bardeen]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1972
<td rowspan="3"> For theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Leon N. Cooper]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Leon N. Cooper]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert Schrieffer]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert Schrieffer]]              <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1973                  <td> [[Leo Esaki]]                      <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> 1973                  <td> [[Leo Esaki]]                      <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1973
<td rowspan="3"> For tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors; supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, the Josephson effects
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ivar Giaever]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ivar Giaever]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Brian D. Josephson]]            <td>UK
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Brian D. Josephson]]            <td>UK
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<td rowspan="2"> 1974                  <td> [[Martin Ryle]]                    <td>UK
<td rowspan="2"> 1974                  <td> [[Martin Ryle]]                    <td>UK
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1974
<td rowspan="2"> For radio astrophysics: Ryle for the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for role in the discovery of pulsars
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Antony Hewish]]                  <td>UK
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Antony Hewish]]                  <td>UK


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<td rowspan="3"> 1975                  <td> [[Aage N. Bohr]]                  <td>Denmark
<td rowspan="3"> 1975                  <td> [[Aage N. Bohr]]                  <td>Denmark
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1975
<td rowspan="3"> For collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ben R. Mottelson]]              <td>Denmark
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Ben R. Mottelson]]              <td>Denmark
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[James Rainwater]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[James Rainwater]]                <td>USA
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<td rowspan="2"> 1976                  <td> [[Burton Richter]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1976                  <td> [[Burton Richter]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1976
<td rowspan="2"> For work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Samuel C.C. Ting]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Samuel C.C. Ting]]              <td>USA


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<td rowspan="3"> 1977                  <td> [[Philip W. Anderson]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1977                  <td> [[Philip W. Anderson]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1977
<td rowspan="3"> For theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Sir Nevill F. Mott]]            <td>UK
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Sir Nevill F. Mott]]            <td>UK
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[John H. van Vleck]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[John H. van Vleck]]              <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1978                  <td> [[Pyotr Kapitsa]]                  <td>USSR
<td rowspan="3"> 1978                  <td> [[Pyotr Kapitsa]]                  <td>USSR
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1978
<td rowspan="3"> For discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics; discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Arno Penzias]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Arno Penzias]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]]          <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert Woodrow Wilson]]          <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1979                  <td> [[Sheldon Glashow]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1979                  <td> [[Sheldon Glashow]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1979
<td rowspan="3"> For theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, the prediction of the weak neutral current
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Abdus Salam]]                    <td>Pakistan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Abdus Salam]]                    <td>Pakistan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Steven Weinberg]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Steven Weinberg]]                <td>USA
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<td rowspan="2"> 1980                  <td> [[James Cronin]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1980                  <td> [[James Cronin]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1980
<td rowspan="2"> For discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Val Fitch]]                      <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Val Fitch]]                      <td>USA


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<td rowspan="3"> 1981                  <td> [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]]          <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1981                  <td> [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]]          <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1981
<td rowspan="3"> For laser spectroscopy; for high-resolution electron spectroscopy
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Arthur L. Schawlow]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Arthur L. Schawlow]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Kai M. Siegbahn]]                <td>Sweden
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Kai M. Siegbahn]]                <td>Sweden
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<td rowspan="1"> 1982                  <td> [[Kenneth G. Wilson]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> 1982                  <td> [[Kenneth G. Wilson]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of  1982
<td rowspan="1"> For his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions


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<td rowspan="2"> 1983                  <td> [[Subramanyan Chandrasekhar]]      <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1983                  <td> [[Subramanyan Chandrasekhar]]      <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1983
<td rowspan="2"> For physical processes in the structure and evolution of the stars; nuclear reactions in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[William A. Fowler]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[William A. Fowler]]              <td>USA


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<td rowspan="2"> 1984                  <td> [[Carlo Rubbia]]                  <td>Italy
<td rowspan="2"> 1984                  <td> [[Carlo Rubbia]]                  <td>Italy
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1984
<td rowspan="2"> For contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Simon van der Meer]]            <td>Netherlands
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Simon van der Meer]]            <td>Netherlands


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<td rowspan="1"> 1985                  <td> [[Klaus von Klitzing]]            <td>Germany
<td rowspan="1"> 1985                  <td> [[Klaus von Klitzing]]            <td>Germany
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of 1985
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of the quantized Hall effect


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<td rowspan="3"> 1986                  <td> [[Ernst Ruska]]                    <td>Germany
<td rowspan="3"> 1986                  <td> [[Ernst Ruska]]                    <td>Germany
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1986
<td rowspan="3"> For electron optics, and the first electron microscope; the scanning tunneling microscope
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Gerd Binnig]]                    <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Gerd Binnig]]                    <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Heinrich Rohrer]]                <td>Switzerland
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Heinrich Rohrer]]                <td>Switzerland
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<td rowspan="2"> 1987                  <td> [[J. Georg Bednorz]]              <td>Germany
<td rowspan="2"> 1987                  <td> [[J. Georg Bednorz]]              <td>Germany
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1987
<td rowspan="2"> For break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[K. Alex Müller]]                <td>Switzerland
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[K. Alex Müller]]                <td>Switzerland


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<td rowspan="3"> 1988                  <td> [[Leon M. Lederman]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1988                  <td> [[Leon M. Lederman]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1988
<td rowspan="3"> For neutrino beam method,  the doublet structure of the leptons, and the discovery of the muon neutrino
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Melvin Schwartz]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Melvin Schwartz]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Jack Steinberger]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Jack Steinberger]]              <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1989                  <td> [[Norman F. Ramsey]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1989                  <td> [[Norman F. Ramsey]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1989
<td rowspan="3"> For separated oscillatory fields method, the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks; ion trap technique
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Hans G. Dehmelt]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Hans G. Dehmelt]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Wolfgang Paul]]                  <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Wolfgang Paul]]                  <td>Germany
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<td rowspan="3"> 1990                  <td> [[Jerome I. Friedman]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1990                  <td> [[Jerome I. Friedman]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1990
<td rowspan="3"> For deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons,  the  quark model in particle physics
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Henry W. Kendall]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Henry W. Kendall]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Richard E. Taylor]]              <td>Canada
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Richard E. Taylor]]              <td>Canada
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<td rowspan="1"> 1991                  <td> [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]]        <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> 1991                  <td> [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]]        <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of 1991
<td rowspan="1"> For generalization of methods for simple systems to more complex forms of matter, to liquid crystals and polymers


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<td rowspan="1"> 1992                  <td> [[Georges Charpak]]                <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> 1992                  <td> [[Georges Charpak]]                <td>France
<td rowspan="1"> For the discovery of  1992
<td rowspan="1"> For particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber


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<td rowspan="2"> 1993                  <td> [[Russell A. Hulse]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1993                  <td> [[Russell A. Hulse]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1993
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Joseph H. Taylor Jr.]]          <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Joseph H. Taylor Jr.]]          <td>USA


<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td rowspan="2"> 1994                  <td> [[Bertram N. Brockhouse]]          <td>Canada
<td rowspan="2"> 1994                  <td> [[Bertram N. Brockhouse]]          <td>Canada
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of  1994
<td rowspan="2"> For neutron spectroscopy; for neutron diffraction technique
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Clifford G. Shull]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Clifford G. Shull]]              <td>USA


<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td rowspan="2"> 1995                  <td> [[Martin L. Perl]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 1995                  <td> [[Martin L. Perl]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1995
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of the tau lepton; detection of the neutrino
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Frederick Reines]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Frederick Reines]]              <td>USA


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<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td rowspan="3"> 1996                  <td> [[David M. Lee]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1996                  <td> [[David M. Lee]]                  <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1996
<td rowspan="3"> For discovery of superfluidity in helium-3
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Douglas D. Osheroff]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Douglas D. Osheroff]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert C. Richardson]]          <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Robert C. Richardson]]          <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1997                  <td> [[Steven Chu]]                    <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1997                  <td> [[Steven Chu]]                    <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  1997
<td rowspan="3"> For methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]]        <td>France
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]]        <td>France
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[William D. Phillips]]            <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[William D. Phillips]]            <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 1998                  <td> [[Robert B. Laughlin]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 1998                  <td> [[Robert B. Laughlin]]            <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 1998
<td rowspan="3"> For discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Horst L. Störmer]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Horst L. Störmer]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Daniel C. Tsui]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Daniel C. Tsui]]                <td>USA
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<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td rowspan="2"> 1999                  <td> [[Gerardus 't Hooft]]              <td>Netherlands
<td rowspan="2"> 1999                  <td> [[Gerardus 't Hooft]]              <td>Netherlands
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 1999
<td rowspan="2"> For elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Martinus J.G. Veltman]]          <td>Netherlands
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Martinus J.G. Veltman]]          <td>Netherlands


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<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td rowspan="3"> 2000                  <td> [[Zhores I. Alferov]]              <td>Russia
<td rowspan="3"> 2000                  <td> [[Zhores I. Alferov]]              <td>Russia
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  2000
<td rowspan="3"> For work on information and communication technology, semiconductor heterostructures opto-electronics; invention of the integrated circuit
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Herbert Kroemer]]                <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Herbert Kroemer]]                <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Jack S. Kilby]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Jack S. Kilby]]                  <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 2001                  <td> [[Eric A. Cornell]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 2001                  <td> [[Eric A. Cornell]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 2001
<td rowspan="3"> For Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Wolfgang Ketterle]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Wolfgang Ketterle]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Carl E. Wieman]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Carl E. Wieman]]                <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 2002                  <td> [[Raymond Davis Jr.]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 2002                  <td> [[Raymond Davis Jr.]]              <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 2002
<td rowspan="3"> For astrophysics, for the detection of cosmic neutrinos; for astrophysics and the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Masatoshi Koshiba]]              <td>Japan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Masatoshi Koshiba]]              <td>Japan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Riccardo Giacconi]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Riccardo Giacconi]]              <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 2003                  <td> [[Alexei A. Abrikosov]]            <td>USA+Russia
<td rowspan="3"> 2003                  <td> [[Alexei A. Abrikosov]]            <td>USA+Russia
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 2003
<td rowspan="3"> For theory of superconductors and superfluids
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Vitaly L. Ginzburg]]            <td>Russia
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Vitaly L. Ginzburg]]            <td>Russia
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Anthony J. Leggett]]            <td>UK+USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Anthony J. Leggett]]            <td>UK+USA
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<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td rowspan="3"> 2004                  <td> [[David J. Gross]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 2004                  <td> [[David J. Gross]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 2004
<td rowspan="3"> For discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[H. David Politzer]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[H. David Politzer]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Frank Wilczek]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Frank Wilczek]]                  <td>USA
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<td rowspan="3"> 2005                  <td> [[Roy J. Glauber]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> 2005                  <td> [[Roy J. Glauber]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  2005
<td rowspan="3"> For quantum theory of optical coherence; laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[John L. Hall]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[John L. Hall]]                  <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Theodor W. Hänsch]]              <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Theodor W. Hänsch]]              <td>Germany
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<td rowspan="2"> 2006                  <td> [[John C. Mather]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> 2006                  <td> [[John C. Mather]]                <td>USA
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 2006
<td rowspan="2"> For discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[George F. Smoot]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[George F. Smoot]]                <td>USA


<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<td rowspan="2"> 2007                  <td> [[Albert Fert]]                    <td>France
<td rowspan="2"> 2007                  <td> [[Albert Fert]]                    <td>France
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of 2007
<td rowspan="2"> For the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Peter Grünberg]]                <td>Germany
<tr rowspan="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Peter Grünberg]]                <td>Germany


<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td rowspan="3"> 2008                  <td> [[Yoichiro Nambu]]                <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> 2008                  <td> [[Yoichiro Nambu]]                <td>Japan
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of 2008
<td rowspan="3"> For mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics; origin of the broken symmetry, existence of three families of quarks
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Makoto Kobayashi]]              <td>Japan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Makoto Kobayashi]]              <td>Japan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Toshihide Maskawa]]              <td>Japan
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc">      <td> [[Toshihide Maskawa]]              <td>Japan
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<td rowspan="3"> 2009                  <td> [[Charles K. Kao]]                <td>China+UK
<td rowspan="3"> 2009                  <td> [[Charles K. Kao]]                <td>China+UK
<td rowspan="3"> For the discovery of  2009
<td rowspan="3"> For transmission of light in fibers for optical communication; invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Willard S. Boyle]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[Willard S. Boyle]]              <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[George E. Smith]]                <td>USA
<tr rowspan="3" bgcolor="#eeeeee">      <td> [[George E. Smith]]                <td>USA
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1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Germany For the discovery of X-rays
1902 Hendrik A. Lorentz Netherlands For the discovery of influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena
Pieter Zeeman Netherlands
1903 Henri Becquerel France For researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel
Pierre Curie France
Marie Curie France
1904 Lord Rayleigh UK For investigations of the densities of gases and for discovery of argon
1905 Philipp Lenard Germany For for his work on cathode rays
1906 J.J. Thomson UK For work on the conduction of electricity by gases
1907 Albert A. Michelson USA For optical precision instruments and spectroscopic and metrological investigations
1908 Gabriel Lippmann France For method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference
1909 Guglielmo Marconi Italy For the development of wireless telegraphy
Ferdinand Braun Germany
1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals Netherlands For work on the equation of state for gases and liquids
1911 Wilhelm Wien Germany For discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat
1912 Gustaf Dalén Sweden For automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys
1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Netherlands For investigations of matter at low temperatures which led to the production of liquid helium
1914 Max von Laue Germany For discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals
1915 William Bragg UK For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays
Lawrence Bragg UK
1916 No award
1917 Charles Glover Barkla UK For discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements
1918 Max Planck Germany For the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta
1919 Johannes Stark Germany For discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields
1920 Charles Edouard Guillaume Switzerland For precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys
1921 Albert Einstein Germ.+Switz. For services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
1922 Niels Bohr Denmark For investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them
1923 Robert A. Millikan USA For work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect
1924 Manne Siegbahn Sweden For discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy
1925 James Franck Germany For discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom
Gustav Hertz Germany
1926 Jean Baptiste Perrin France For work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for discovery of sedimentation equilibrium
1927 Arthur H. Compton USA For discovery of Compton scattering; for paths of charged particles made visible by condensation of vapour
Charles T.R. Wilson UK
1928 Owen Willans Richardson UK For work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of Richardson's law
1929 Louis de Broglie France For his discovery of the wave nature of electrons
1930 Sir Venkata Raman India For his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect
1931 No award
1932 Werner Heisenberg Germany For the creation of quantum mechanics
1933 Erwin Schrödinger Austria For the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory
Paul A.M. Dirac UK
1934 No award
1935 James Chadwick UK For the discovery of the neutron
1936 Victor F. Hess Austria For for discovery of cosmic radiation; for discovery of the positron
Carl D. Anderson USA
1937 Clinton Davisson USA For experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals
George Paget Thomson UK
1938 Enrico Fermi Italy For new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and nuclear reactions
1939 Ernest Lawrence USA For the cyclotron and artificial radioactive elements
1940 No award
1941 No award
1942 No award
1943 Otto Stern USA For molecular ray method and discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton
1944 Isidor Isaac Rabi USA For resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei
1945 Wolfgang Pauli Austria For the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle
1946 Percy W. Bridgman USA For apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and discoveries in the field of high pressure physics
1947 Edward V. Appleton UK For physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the Appleton layer
1948 Patrick M.S. Blackett UK For development of the Wilson cloud chamber and discoveries in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation
1949 Hideki Yukawa Japan For prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces
1950 Cecil Powell UK For development of photographic method of studying nuclear processes and discoveries regarding mesons
1951 John Cockcroft UK For their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles
Ernest T.S. Walton Ireland
1952 Felix Bloch USA For development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements
E. M. Purcell USA
1953 Frits Zernike Netherlands For phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope
1954 Max Born UK For research in quantum mechanics, for statistical interpretation of wavefunction; for the coincidence method
Walther Bothe Germany
1955 Willis E. Lamb USA For the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum; the magnetic moment of the electron
Polykarp Kusch USA
1956 William B. Shockley USA For semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect
John Bardeen USA
Walter H. Brattain USA
1957 Chen Ning Yang China For parity laws in elementary particle physics
Tsung-Dao Lee China
1958 Pavel A. Cherenkov USSR For discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect
Il'ja M. Frank USSR
Igor Y. Tamm USSR
1959 Emilio Segrè USA For their discovery of the antiproton
Owen Chamberlain USA
1960 Donald A. Glaser USA For the invention of the bubble chamber
1961 Robert Hofstadter USA For electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for the structure of the nucleons; resonance absorption of γ radiation and discovery the Mössbauer effect
Rudolf Mössbauer Germany
1962 Lev Landau USSR For theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium
1963 Eugene Wigner USA For theory of atomic nucleus, elementary particles, discovery of symmetry principles; for nuclear shell structure
Maria Goeppert-Mayer USA
J. Hans D. Jensen Germany
1964 Charles H. Townes USA For quantum electronics, oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle
Nicolay G. Basov USSR
Aleksandr M. Prokhorov USSR
1965 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga Japan For quantum electrodynamics, with consequences for the physics of elementary particles
Julian Schwinger USA
Richard P. Feynman USA
1966 Alfred Kastler France For discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms
1967 Hans Bethe USA For theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars
1968 Luis Alvarez USA For elementary particle physics, discovery of resonance states, hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis
1969 Murray Gell-Mann USA For discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions
1970 Hannes Alfvén Sweden For magnetohydro-dynamics and applications plasma physics; antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism, applications in solid state physics
Louis Néel France
1971 Dennis Gabor UK For the holographic method
1972 John Bardeen USA For theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory
Leon N. Cooper USA
Robert Schrieffer USA
1973 Leo Esaki Japan For tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors; supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, the Josephson effects
Ivar Giaever USA
Brian D. Josephson UK
1974 Martin Ryle UK For radio astrophysics: Ryle for the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for role in the discovery of pulsars
Antony Hewish UK
1975 Aage N. Bohr Denmark For collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus
Ben R. Mottelson Denmark
James Rainwater USA
1976 Burton Richter USA For work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind
Samuel C.C. Ting USA
1977 Philip W. Anderson USA For theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems
Sir Nevill F. Mott UK
John H. van Vleck USA
1978 Pyotr Kapitsa USSR For discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics; discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation
Arno Penzias USA
Robert Woodrow Wilson USA
1979 Sheldon Glashow USA For theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, the prediction of the weak neutral current
Abdus Salam Pakistan
Steven Weinberg USA
1980 James Cronin USA For discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons
Val Fitch USA
1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen USA For laser spectroscopy; for high-resolution electron spectroscopy
Arthur L. Schawlow USA
Kai M. Siegbahn Sweden
1982 Kenneth G. Wilson USA For his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions
1983 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar USA For physical processes in the structure and evolution of the stars; nuclear reactions in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe
William A. Fowler USA
1984 Carlo Rubbia Italy For contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction
Simon van der Meer Netherlands
1985 Klaus von Klitzing Germany For the discovery of the quantized Hall effect
1986 Ernst Ruska Germany For electron optics, and the first electron microscope; the scanning tunneling microscope
Gerd Binnig Germany
Heinrich Rohrer Switzerland
1987 J. Georg Bednorz Germany For break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials
K. Alex Müller Switzerland
1988 Leon M. Lederman USA For neutrino beam method, the doublet structure of the leptons, and the discovery of the muon neutrino
Melvin Schwartz USA
Jack Steinberger USA
1989 Norman F. Ramsey USA For separated oscillatory fields method, the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks; ion trap technique
Hans G. Dehmelt USA
Wolfgang Paul Germany
1990 Jerome I. Friedman USA For deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, the quark model in particle physics
Henry W. Kendall USA
Richard E. Taylor Canada
1991 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes France For generalization of methods for simple systems to more complex forms of matter, to liquid crystals and polymers
1992 Georges Charpak France For particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber
1993 Russell A. Hulse USA For the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. USA
1994 Bertram N. Brockhouse Canada For neutron spectroscopy; for neutron diffraction technique
Clifford G. Shull USA
1995 Martin L. Perl USA For the discovery of the tau lepton; detection of the neutrino
Frederick Reines USA
1996 David M. Lee USA For discovery of superfluidity in helium-3
Douglas D. Osheroff USA
Robert C. Richardson USA
1997 Steven Chu USA For methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji France
William D. Phillips USA
1998 Robert B. Laughlin USA For discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations
Horst L. Störmer Germany
Daniel C. Tsui USA
1999 Gerardus 't Hooft Netherlands For elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics
Martinus J.G. Veltman Netherlands
2000 Zhores I. Alferov Russia For work on information and communication technology, semiconductor heterostructures opto-electronics; invention of the integrated circuit
Herbert Kroemer Germany
Jack S. Kilby USA
2001 Eric A. Cornell USA For Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates
Wolfgang Ketterle Germany
Carl E. Wieman USA
2002 Raymond Davis Jr. USA For astrophysics, for the detection of cosmic neutrinos; for astrophysics and the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
Masatoshi Koshiba Japan
Riccardo Giacconi USA
2003 Alexei A. Abrikosov USA+Russia For theory of superconductors and superfluids
Vitaly L. Ginzburg Russia
Anthony J. Leggett UK+USA
2004 David J. Gross USA For discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
H. David Politzer USA
Frank Wilczek USA
2005 Roy J. Glauber USA For quantum theory of optical coherence; laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique
John L. Hall USA
Theodor W. Hänsch Germany
2006 John C. Mather USA For discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
George F. Smoot USA
2007 Albert Fert France For the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance
Peter Grünberg Germany
2008 Yoichiro Nambu Japan For mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics; origin of the broken symmetry, existence of three families of quarks
Makoto Kobayashi Japan
Toshihide Maskawa Japan
2009 Charles K. Kao China+UK For transmission of light in fibers for optical communication; invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor
Willard S. Boyle USA
George E. Smith USA